Local Bands Archives

Best Songs of 2016 Spotify Playlist: Indie, Alternative, Rock, and Pop Music

Best Songs of 2016 Playlist: Alternative, Indie, Rock + Pop Music

Posted on December 16, 2016
by Aimee

If you follow me on Spotify, you know I am ALL about my playlists. I start a new one at the beginning of every year and add to it religiously every week. My "Best Songs of 2016" playlist ended up being nearly 300 tunes, my largest…

AMZY headlines Denver's Bluebird Theater in late 2016

AMZY at Denver’s Bluebird with Popfilter and Hive Riot

Posted on December 12, 2016
by Aimee

I counted up how many concerts I will have attended in 2016 by the December 31st: 97. Ninety-seven. That included several multi-day festivals, so more than 25% of my year was spent at shows. OMG. Which band did I go see the most? AMZY. I feel…

Denver band In The Whale headlines Larimer Lounge with One Flew West and CITRA in late 2016

Denver Bands: In The Whale, One Flew West and CITRA

Posted on December 11, 2016
by Aimee

I love the Denver music scene, right? I love it even more when every band on a show is local, and awesome. In particular, when long time friends In The Whale put on a show, since they are out on tour so much lately, it's…

HTFTH Hometown For The Holidays Finalists Top Ten 2016

Top Ten Bands: Hometown For The Holidays (HTFTH) 2016

Posted on December 4, 2016
by Aimee

It's officially the holiday season in Denver! Alf announced the top ten bands for this year's Hometown for the Holidays song contest at Not So Silent Night this weekend. They are listed in alphabetical order below with their song and social media links. I am…

Concert photos of Riot Fest 2016 Denver Day 2

Riot Fest Denver Photos: Ween, Sleater-Kinney, DeVotchKa

Posted on September 27, 2016
by Aimee

The second day of Riot Fest Denver was full of surprises for me. Sure, I liked the bands playing, but none of my absolute favorites happened to be on the schedule. What surprised me is that many of the bands I did see on day…

Air Dubai headlines Denver's First Class Fest at Summit Music Hall

First Class Fest Photos with Air Dubai & My Body Sings Electric

Posted on July 3, 2016
by Aimee

Recently, several Denver bands joined together for the first ever First Class Fest at Summit Music Hall in LoDo. The lineup included Air Dubai, My Body Sings Electric, The Epilogues, Povi, Panther Martin, CRL CRLL, Sur Ellz, and No Coast. How did all those bands play…

Colorado band Elephant Revival headline their first show at Red Rocks

Elephant Revival & Josh Ritter at Red Rocks

Posted on July 3, 2016
by Aimee

Elephant Revival performed their first headlining concert at Denver's Red Rocks Amphitheatre recently, which is the loftiest of goals for most musicians - not to even mention local bands. This "transcendental folk" group are from Nederland, a small town of 1,500 people up the hill in…